Project Questionnaire

Hello, and thanks for your interest in hiring me!

Before I can begin working on your project, please take a couple minutes to complete the questionnaire below, which will help me give you an assessment of the cost and time required. You may skip over any questions that aren’t relevant to your project or that you can’t answer.

What is your name?

What is your email address? (This is going to be the main email address at which you’ll receive emails concerning this project.)

If this project is for your organization, what is your organization’s name?

What is your slogan or tagline (if you have one)?

If this website will be for your organization, what does the organization provide or promote? If this website will be for yourself personally, what is it that you do?

Are you requesting services for creating a new website or for re-designing an old website?

Creating new websiteRe-designing old website

Why do you want or need this website?

Do you already have a logo you’re satisfied with?

YesNo, I don’t have a logo yet, but I want oneNo, I’m dissatisified with my current logo and I want it re-designedI don’t care to have a logo

Have you prepared a general outline of the pages of your website?

YesNot yet

How much of the written copy have you already prepared for the website?

AllSomeNone

If your website will contain images, videos, or other media files, how many of these media files do you already have prepared?

AllSomeNone

Will your website be regularly updated with new content?

YesMaybeNo

When is the deadline for this project?

Is the project’s deadline strict or flexible?

StrictFlexible

Approximately how much is your budget for this project?

What keywords best describe the way you want your organization (or yourself) to be perceived? (For example: Casual or formal? Traditional or edgy? Calming or exciting? Etc.)

Are there any specific things you have in mind for the style of your website’s design?

Are there any specific things you don’t want your website’s design to have?

What special functionalities, if any, will your website need? (For example, a photo gallery, a blog, an online store, a public commenting system, etc.)

What demographics do you expect your website’s typical users to be? (Describe any traits that might be relevant, such as their age, sex, income range, occupation, location, education level, etc.)

What actions do you expect most users to do on your website?

What is the website of your top competitor, and what do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of that website? (Or, if you don’t exactly have “competitors,” then instead what’s a good website that has a related purpose or subject matter to yours?)

What is the website of another major competitor of yours, and what do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of that website?

Why would people choose your business over your competitors?

Are there any websites, even ones completely unrelated to yours, that you like the designs of? What do you like about those websites’ designs?

Finally—do you have any other important or useful info about the design of your project that hasn’t been mentioned yet? If so, write it here.